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A morbid fact that most people do not know is that about 40% of homeless men in America are veterans, because of how veterans are not given help with PTSD and other injuries after coming home from wars. PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder, has changed throughout the years, from the name, diagnosis, and treatment. Because of this, people see PTSD differently now than how they saw it 100 years ago. It has had a long and complicated history, spanning from the civil war all the way to the Afghanistan war. The treatments have varied from simple therapy to having service dogs. PTSD was also greatly affected by the Vietnam War, as there were many unruly ways of combat. The daily life of a soldier is greatly affected by past experiences in war, and PTSD. PTSD is a very serious condition and it’s diagnosis is very important for the well being of the patient. Some of the main reasons for PTSD to occur include: living in a war zone, abuse (physical or mental), sexual assault or harassment, seeing someone get killed, and natural disasters. Symptoms of PTSD can include re-experiencing traumatic events in nightmares and/or flashbacks, avoiding places related to the trauma, having negative thoughts, and increased alertness. The current treatment methods include multiple types of psychotherapy, including cognitive therapy, exposure therapy, and EMDR, antidepressants, anti anxiety medicine, and service dogs. Service dogs can be taught different commands to help comfort the patient including bringing medicine to the person, protecting them by circling the person in crowded areas, waking them up during nightmares, comforting the person by pawing, nudging, and licking. Another benefit to service dogs is that they can help veterans by having them give commands like in the military. PTSD has had such a long history that it has gone through 5 different names in the span of over 100 years. PTSD was first diagnosed during the civil war and went by names like soldiers heart, and railroad spine. It was first described by the austrian physician Josef Leopold as being a form of nostalgia, as soldiers wanted to go home. During WWI it was called shellshock due to the fact that it was mostly caused by artillery shells dropping. Once again during WWII the name was changed to combat stress reaction (CSR), it could also be called battle fatigue. During this time it was tested by something called "PIE" (Proximity, Immediacy, Expectancy). Finally in 1980 during the Vietnam War it was renamed to PTSD, which is what it is known today. As the years went on PTSD changed in many ways, one of the most impactful events was the Vietnam War. One thing that was very traumatizing during the Vietnam war was napalm. Napalm, which was a mixture of plastic polystyrene, hydrocarbon benzene, and gasoline, was one of the most painful things in the world. It would stick to any surface and burn at around 1,500°F. To put that into perspective, water boils at 212°F. This effect lasted for 10 minutes and it was used in bombs and flamethrowers by the US military. In total, 8 million tons of napalm bombs were dropped during Vietnam. Along with Napalm there was a herbicide that was made called Agent Orange, it would cause the enemies have to relocate due to how it would contaminate the food and water supply. There are still lasting effects of Agent Orange today. Booby traps were used immensely by the Northern Vietnamese and the Viet Congs in warfare because of how little their armies were in both skill and size. These traps were made out of bamboo and other natural foliage which made them hard to detect by the military, they were mainly designed to wound and kill soldiers. The most famous of these traps were the punji spikes, they were spikes in the ground that would be covered by foliage to conceal them. One other benefit to these is that they were very low cost to make. Vietnam also left tons of veterans homeless and with PTSD. This happened because they were not helped after coming home from war. Currently about one fifth of all homeless people in America are military veterans, and about three times that amount of veterans are at a serious risk of homelessness due to excessive rent burdens. The Vietnam War has had a lasting effect in not only warfare but also how PTSD is seen today. PTSD is very serious and it affects the lives of many people all across the world. It's treatment is very important as the lasting effects could be catastrophic. It has had a very deep history with many new things discovered about it each year by professionals. And it was changed forever during the vietnam war due to how many advancements in combat were made during that time period. PTSD is life changing, especially to military veterans in their daily life.

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ほとんどの人が知らない病的事実は、アメリカでホームレスの男性の約40％が退役軍人であることが原因です。 PTSDまたは心的外傷後ストレス障害は、名前、診断、治療から何年にもわたって変化してきました。このため、人々はPTSDを見ます

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A morbid fact that most people do not know is due to the fact that about 40% of homeless men in America are veterans. PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder has changed over the years from name, diagnosis, treatment. For this reason people see PTSD

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ほとんどの人が知らないという病的な事実は、アメリカのホームレス男性の約40％が退役軍人であるという事実によるものです。 PTSDまたは心的外傷後ストレス障害は、名前、診断、治療から何年にもわたって変化してきました。このため人々はPTSDを見ます

BACK INTO ENGLISH

The morbid fact that most people do not know is due to the fact that about 40% of American homeless men are veterans. PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder has changed over the years from name, diagnosis, treatment. For this reason people see PTSD

INTO JAPANESE

ほとんどの人が知らないという病的事実は、アメリカのホームレス男性の約40％が退役軍人であるという事実によるものです。 PTSDまたは心的外傷後ストレス障害は、名前、診断、治療から何年にもわたって変化してきました。このため人々はPTSDを見ます

BACK INTO ENGLISH

The morbid fact that most people do not know is due to the fact that about 40% of American homeless men are veterans. PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder has changed over the years from name, diagnosis, treatment. For this reason people see PTSD